This is the house that waste built
This strange-looking house in the grounds of the University of Brighton is made almost entirely from thrown-away rubbish and has gained an A-rated Energy Performance Certificate. In keeping with the spirit of the project, mechanical ventilation with heat recovery (MVHR) is provided by an ex-test model of a Vent-Axia Sentinel Kinetic Plus.
It was designed by Duncan Baker-Brown, a lecturer at the university and an architect at BBM.
The cavity walls are packed with a host of waste materials — denim, VHS tapes, audio cassette, floppy discs, remand wallpaper, carpet tiles etc. Also in the cavity walls are 20 000 used in-flight toothbrushes donated by Gatwick Airport.
The structure is highly insulated, so the MVHR system plays a key role in heating it.
